The Committee on Appropriations is recommending a 5 percent increase to the proposed municipal budget.
Barrington Town Manager Phil Hervey initially proposed a 5.41 percent increase (or …
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By Josh Bickford
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4/21/22
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This year's Barrington Memorial Day Parade celebrated "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" - the cause for which veterans and deceased service members fought.
The parade traveled along …
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5/31/22
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The Barrington High School girls tennis team had three matches last week and won each match 7-0. The Eagles defeated Cranston West on Oct. 3, Middletown High School on Oct. 4, and Cumberland on Oct. …
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10/11/23
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The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is informing users of the East Bay Bike Path that a 1.5 mile stretch of the path in Riverside, starting from the Squantum Association …
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3/18/24
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Barrington Christian Academy has canceled its plans for two mission trips.
BCA Head of School Mike Skazinski said 15 students were scheduled to travel to Jamaica and another five students were …
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By Josh Bickford
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3/5/20
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The Huskies and the Eagles are rivals — that much is clear.
But on Friday afternoon, under a gray sky at Guiteras Field in Bristol, the baseball teams from both schools met with a …
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By Josh Bickford
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5/10/22
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Barrington resident Mark Tracy recently declared his candidacy for State Representative in District 66.
“As a father of two children in Barrington public schools, I will fight at the State …
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6/29/22
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Skipper Charlie Enright and the 11th Hour Racing Team won their third leg in a row, finishing Leg 6 of The Ocean Race 2022-23 in first place, arriving into The Hague, The Netherlands on Sunday …
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6/13/23
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Art Eddy knows athletic fields. And soon, he will know a lot more about Barrington’s athletic fields.
A principal with Traverse Landscape Architects, Eddy has been conducting a …
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By Josh Bickford
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7/20/23
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Rob Humm is pretty familiar with Massasoit Avenue.
The Barrington Town Council member grew up on Paquin Road, which runs off of Massasoit Avenue, and each day when it was time to walk to the bus …
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By Josh Bickford
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9/25/23
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Barrington High School officials confirmed that a freshman at the school has tested positive for Covid-19.
BHS Principal Joe Hurley sent an email to parents of all high school students on Tuesday …
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9/22/20
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Consider two Rhode Island communities. In one, just 3 percent of the students in the public schools are racial minorities — classified as anything other than “white.” In the other, …
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By Scott Pickering
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5/26/21
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TJ Peck and Frazier Bell want to see politics eliminated from the school committee.
Peck and Bell are Independent candidates running for two seats on the Barrington School Committee. …
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By Josh Bickford
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6/29/22
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On Monday, Jan. 6, employees from the town's department of public works were ordered to clean up a resident's yard on Chachapacassett Road. A day later, that resident filed a report with the town's …
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By Josh Bickford
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1/14/20
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The state's education commissioner recently offered a strongly-worded response to the Barrington School Committee's request for an advisory opinion regarding a student suspension case.
Barrington …
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By Josh Bickford
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2/18/20
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It is hard to find help these days — just ask Tim Gorman.
The owner of Bagels Etc. in Barrington was forced to close his popular restaurant late last week because he does not have enough …
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By Josh Bickford
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9/2/21
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Police have recovered one of the vehicles stolen in town last week.
Barrington Police received a call over the weekend from the New Haven Police Department. Detectives there told Barrington …
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6/29/22
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Elaine Felag has no interest in retiring anytime soon. She is the living embodiment of the expression, “if you love what you do, you’ll never work a day in your life.”
Felag …
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By Scott Pickering
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12/16/22
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EAST PROVIDENCE — As previously reported by various media outlets, East Providence was the latest municipality to flag forged signatures and addresses in support of Lt. Governor Sabina Matos' …
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By Mike Rego
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7/20/23
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A Providence man is facing multiple charges in connection with a series of recent break-ins in Barrington.
On Tuesday morning, Jan. 30, the Barrington Police Department Detective Bureau …
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2/1/24
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All members of the Barrington United Veterans Council resigned last week, protesting the town’s flying of certain flags above the veterans memorial outside Barrington Town Hall.
The …
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By Josh Bickford
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3/18/24
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The East Bay Chamber of Commerce hosted a breakfast meeting with legislators earlier this month, with topics ranging from healthcare crisis to bridge crisis, from affordable housing to the minimum …
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By Scott Pickering
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4/16/24
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The Barrington School Committee and local teachers' union have agreed on a new contract, but the two groups were still divided when it came time to issue a statement about the new contract.
On …
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By Josh Bickford
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11/11/19
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Seven months after its Cross Bay Pipeline sprung a leak, Bristol County Water Authority officials flipped a switch at the Port of Providence Friday morning and water once again started flowing through …
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By Ted Hayes
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11/15/19
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Barrington resident Magnus Thorsson drives a Tesla, and he believes Barrington Police Officers should as well.
Mr. Thorsson has been pitching Barrington officials on the idea of switching over the …
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By Josh Bickford
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4/15/21
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